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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: PARAMOUNT HOME VIDEO
EAN: 9781415709597
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1415709599
Label: Paramount
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 MonoEnglishSubtitled
Manufacturer: Paramount
MPN: 66244
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 27, 2005
Running Time: 105 minutes
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: July 23, 1967
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
TENSION BUILDS FOR SOLDIERS GUARDING A BESEIGED PRAIRIE FORT AGAINST INDIAN ATTACKS. THEIR NERVES ARE FRAYED & THEIR SPIRITS ARE DYING. BUT THERE'S A GLIMMER OF HOPE: THE LONE GUNFIGHTER CALLED CHUKA - A MAN OF WAR WHO'S SEEN ENOUGH FIGHTING TO KNOW HE MUST KEEP HATRED & VIOLENCE FROM ERUPTING AGAIN.
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Rod Taylor co-produced the 1967 Chuka and stars as the titular gunslinger whose lonely path leads to a U.S. Army outpost manned by foul-ups, degenerates, and a half-mad, alcoholic commander (John Mills). Surrounded by starving Arapaho Indians clearly getting ready to massacre the fort's inhabitants, Mills' character, Colonel Valois, refuses to yield to Chuka's demand that everyone clear out and allow the Arapaho to take provisions they need to survive. With Valois drunk and unbending, a creepy second-in-command (Louis Hayward) leading a mutiny, a two-fisted sergeant (Ernest Borgnine) defending Valois against any criticism, and the presence of two Mexican women (one of whom has a romantic past with Chuka) who will not be spared during a slaughter, Chuka does what he can to broker a peaceful way out of the dilemma. Directed by Gordon Douglas (The Detective), Chuka is self-consciously arty (camera angles turn up in the weirdest of places) yet dramatically enthralling. Very much an actor's vehicle that, on the one hand, allows the likes of James Whitmore to wallow in mannerisms, Chuka also features several startlingly emotional scenes. Among them is the aftermath of a brutal fight between Taylor and Borgnine, in which their bloodied characters--too exhausted to speak--communicate mutual respect by pawing at each other's heads, like infant brothers. --Tom Keogh
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
Amazon rocks. DVD - excellent condition - played well - Speedy delivery. As for the movie itself: great acting by all major players. Downfall: Waiting entire movie for leading couple who finally find each other again to rekindle romance, and we get 8 seconds of a very edited scene of nothing. I mean, we are talking macho sexy Rod Taylor and luscious Luciana Paluzzi - and their scene together is a mere blip in the film. Movie had great potential but ending is vague and disappointing.
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As westerns were adjusting to the times in the late 60s, along came a dark western made on a small budget that is about as dark as westerns come in terms of storytelling. Riding south across the desert, a gunslinger named Chuka comes across a broken-down and stranded stagecoach with two passengers, one of them a woman from his past. Chuka escorts them to the nearest fort, Fort Clendennon, only to find a worst situation. The Arapaho are on the warpath and seem on the verge of a huge attack. What's ... Read More
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This is a pretty good Western, not great, but enjoyable. I titled it "Italian Style", but have no idea where the film was made. The title was in honor of a lady who has not been given the recognition she so richly deserves. Luciana Paluzzi admits that had she not traveled back and forth to her home in Italy she might have had a bigger career by sticking to one country. Whatever the reason for her not being fully recognized, we are happy that she made films and TV appearances here as she is truly outstanding. ... Read More
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Chuka is a wandering gunfighter that happens to get involved in a dispute between some starving indians and an oddball assortment of misfits at a calvary fort.In the middle of this Chuka meets an old flame traveling with her young female charge that have to hold up at the fort.After the battle army higher ups try to find out what happened to the troops and civilians ,there is only the post log and 2 fresh graves inside the fort walls,Very good western,has it all,some good scenery,the gunfighter,the army,and the indians,plus ... Read More
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I saw this movie a long time ago when I was a kid and really enjoyed it back then (mid 70's). I must say it is everything I remembered. I thought it was a really good western. All the characters are memorable and it is a very compelling and fun movie to watch. Love Taylors character and costume as well as Whitmores as the old grizzled and tough scout. And the friction between the virile Taylor and the impotent Mills is great. And then add to it the hulking Ernest Borgnine who is Mills Sergeant and also the one man who respects ... Read More
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